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... Forster , in Aspects of the Novel : and if we want the case against Scott we cannot do better than continue the ... Forster concedes that Scott could tell a story - and then synopsizes The Antiquary in order to show how badly Scott did ...
... Forster , in Aspects of the Novel : and if we want the case against Scott we cannot do better than continue the ... Forster concedes that Scott could tell a story - and then synopsizes The Antiquary in order to show how badly Scott did ...
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... Forster is a tragic humanist for whom man is justified by his self - awareness and by the fruits of his imagination ... Forster's satirical analysis in these novels is " the undeveloped heart . " The fate of those who suffer from this ...
... Forster is a tragic humanist for whom man is justified by his self - awareness and by the fruits of his imagination ... Forster's satirical analysis in these novels is " the undeveloped heart . " The fate of those who suffer from this ...
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... Forster's attitude to life . India , he has written , is not a mystery , it is a muddle ; and herein it is very much like life itself as Forster sees it . The novel ex- ists on two planes and has a different meaning according to the ...
... Forster's attitude to life . India , he has written , is not a mystery , it is a muddle ; and herein it is very much like life itself as Forster sees it . The novel ex- ists on two planes and has a different meaning according to the ...
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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